Theater Audition in "Lost in Yonkers" Play
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ADMITTED. Searching for performers to portray roles in production of "Lost in Yonkers". Please, see the details below. About the play: Set in Yonkers, New York in 1942, Lost in Yonkers follows Bella, a sweet but developmentally stunted woman living with her stern mother, Grandma Kurnitz. When Eddie, Bella’s brother, leaves his two sons in their grandmother’s care to seek work as a traveling salesman, the boys must navigate life under Grandma’s strict rule, Bella’s secret dreams, and the unpredictable presence of their Uncle Louie, a small-time hoodlum. Additional information: CALLBACKS May 23 6-8 pm. Auditions will be scheduled in 20-minute intervals. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your scheduled time. Auditions will be held in the theater. Production Dates: November 21, 22, 23 and November 28, 29, 30, 2025. Rehearsals will begin September 2. If interested, please apply.
5 roles
Mourning his late wife, he faces tough decisions to support his sons, fearing his own stern mother.
Emotionally childlike but yearning for independence and love; lives and works with Grandma.
The strict, physically imposing matriarch of the family; speaks with a German accent (accent work required in performance, not at audition).
The family’s black sheep, involved in mysterious and questionable dealings.
Eddie, Bella, and Louie’s sister, struggling with a peculiar speech affliction.
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